{"id":20034,"date":"2020-06-12T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-12T19:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlmlblog.wordpress.com\/?p=20034"},"modified":"2020-10-14T12:26:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T19:26:09","slug":"cold-stunning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2020\/06\/12\/cold-stunning\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving sea turtles from cold stunning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"By Daphne Shen<\/a>, MLML Vertebrate Ecology Lab<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Every October, animal rehabilitation facilities around the northeast gear up for another sea turtle cold stun season. Cold stunning for sea turtles is similar to hypothermia for people, and typically occurs in November and December. As the ocean temperature drops below about 10\u00b0C (50\u00b0F), a sea turtle\u2019s body shuts down. Since they are cold-blooded, their body temperatures are close to that of the surrounding water. Once they get too cold, sea turtles become lethargic and are no longer able to swim or eat, and end up at the mercy of the currents.<\/p>\n

These turtles, usually juveniles, wash up on beaches around Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Long Island, New York. They can be found traveling up the East Coast with the Gulf Stream and spending their summers feeding in the waters off the coast of New England. As the water cools down, sea turtles should instinctively migrate back south towards Florida and the Caribbean. The problem is that many animals get caught in bays and can\u2019t figure out how to navigate back to the open ocean, eventually succumbing to cold stunning when the water rapidly cools.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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